Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1887-09-25

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pottee then- Ia taking up he plants,
q 3 s1oWn that tie afsike kas Z very
1pruus scot, e leesz ten timee more 80
taAn ne other cIoFef1. and has better
4noM - stand droufh o. freexfnN. The
Alfalfa has iarge. long root LIE pnrn-
mp TIE SANS - red clover.
he Beeds of zlzfke are very mach
nnn1ilef than rad clover, de sane a.
white clover, and TINS giving many
more planfH frozn = peck o. hushef.
while the seeds If Alfalfa are larger
Than ne red clover; similar and nearly
hall as re e aax seed
From Whzt ! have seen 80 far.
shall give preference % the alsske over
the alfalfa, and let them rake alfalfa
On the dry plains q the Southwest
hArsrse TURKEYS.
Fanny Field says. IN she Farmer ?
d recent data:
/" Why On earth the farmers wives,
who have practically al out Of doors
~ which % raise turkeys. do not raise
more turkeys Tor market, Il one Of the
problems that cannot solve. Its no
great amount Of work 10 raise 3 6ock
Of hundred turkeys. and they VIII
pay good profit anywhere. Seems 70
me, Il had crop 81 chinch bugs this
year. ] would lee the wheat 70 next
year and raise t1rkeys / don't know
whether the turkeys would eat the bugs
or not, but one thing Is sure, the bugs
couidn't eat the turkeys"
Charley and WIN, At the hop farm,
have sixty half-gEown turkeys. They
" never feed them biz, yet they have
grown like ID weeds. These have had
the run Of the hop yard and wander It
WI over the whole place. As We saw
them today hasking In the sun In The
edge Of The hops. fully sixty strong, il
must be confessed We we're, ike the
writer quoted above, ready to inquire
/" why on EARTH don't we raise more
turkeys7
EEDDLKBKRGKR's MoE0PoLY.
A sprightiy writer in the a Farmer"
says:
i notice that the Farmer has had
q good deal to say, and in Q very
pointed manner, about gambling and |
liquor selling at the fairs. am sure
that its efforts to suppress the evil viii
meet with hearty response from the
great mass Of Northwestern farmers.
Senator Riddleberger, Of Virginia, did
q very neat thing the other day in this l
line, and honor him fori il The man |
ayers Of his county f&tr determined /
that, IN order 20 realize the Wherewithal |
pay premiums and make the fair Z
success they would sell the privilege /
ogSiquoT dispensing 10 the highest bid |
der. Mr.. Riddleberger entered the list |
and the privilege was knocked down 10 |
him for 500, which sum he paid, and |
then nailed up the bar and announced 1
hat no liquor would be sold there dur
Ing the fair. This programme was car
ned out 70 the letter, and the BANNER
aiement took in drinks and had its pow
vow elsewhere or not at all. Glory to
he plucky, practical and generous
prohibisionisto'
SIMPLE DIsIxFEcTAsT.
Under this heading an exchange
lays:
The following Is Q refreshing disin-
ectant for a sick room, or any room
hat has an UNPLEASANT aroma pe-yad.
ng 10: Put some fresh ground coffee
n q saucer, and in the center place q
mail piece Of camphor gum, which
light with q match. As the gum burns
lllow sufficient coffee 70 consume with
{. The perfume Is very pleasant and
lealthfuI, being far superior TO pastiles
md very much cheaper"
This Is undoubtedly good and doubt
ess wise 70 use whenever the "un-
,leasant aroma "(3l exists in room;
'ut why have the aromaY Why not
ave the pure fresh air in abundance
0 abundant that no coffee or anything
Use need be burned7